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History · Green Village

Green Village’s post office opened in 1862, and 12% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register. Below: maps from 1888 on and old-book passages.

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How Green Village began

When was Green Village founded?

1862

The Green Village post office opened in 1862, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 1,103164 years
Founding year: the first Green Village post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Green Village’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Green Village are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18888 editions of the USGS map, 1888 to 1995. Watch Green Village change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Green Village’s history is told.

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On the map

Green Village on the map, 1888 to 1995

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Green Village. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Green Village on the 1888 USGS mapGreen Village on the 1893 USGS mapGreen Village on the 1905 USGS mapGreen Village on the 1921 USGS mapGreen Village on the 1955 USGS mapGreen Village on the 1970 USGS mapGreen Village on the 1981 USGS mapGreen Village on the 1995 USGS map1888Plainfield sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Green Village.

The story

How Green Village came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Green Village.

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The village was founded in the 18th century and named for founding father Ashbel Green. One of the earliest houses in the village is that of Elias Boudinot, constructed in 1760 by one of George Washington's generals, William Alexander. The village center was largely created in 1800 by local farmer John Cockrem and his family, which ran a wagon-building company in town, and his son Philip built the local Methodist church and original post office. A new post office would be built during the Eisenhower presidency.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

From the old history books

What they wrote about Green Village in 1882

Passages that mention Green Village, cut from the printed page as they were published.

them into winter quarters. He led them from Princeton, through Pluckamin, Basking Ridge, New Vernon, thence by the grist-mill belonging to Mr. Beaunlain Boisaubin, near Green Village, thence around the corner occupied by Moses Lindsley, thence along the road from Green Village to Morristown; and th…
History of Morris County, New Jersey1882 · page 190Read the page →
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them into winter quarters. He led them from Princeton, through Pluckamin, Basking Ridge, New Vernon, thence by the grist-mill belonging to Mr. Beaunlain Boisaubin, near Green Village, thence around the corner occupied by Moses Lindsley, thence along the road from Green Village to Morristown; and thence over to the ground which had been selected for the encampment in the valley on the farms now belonging to A. M. Tredwell

Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.

Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

By decade

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Green Village

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
7
each building in a district counts

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

New Vernon1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townChatham Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMadison8 historic placesAHarding Township4 historic placesB+

Questions about Green Village’s history

What year was Green Village founded?

The Green Village post office opened in 1862, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.